VizslaMom

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  1. The Circumcision Discussion

    Wow. I've never seen such a one-sided thread on a chat board in all my time reading boards.. years. You guys really know how to 'try' to beat up a person, eh? I hope you feel bigger and better than everyone else... being that you try to belittle ev...
  2. The Circumcision Discussion

    Oh, good grief... a little dramatic aren't we?
  3. The Circumcision Discussion

    How is the foreskin functionally necessary? IMO, if people could easily and reasonably have their tonsils & adenoids, gall bladder, and appendix removed at birth I'd opt for that too... saving potential issues in the longrun.
  4. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aren't you a bit bold? It's my son. It's my decision. Until it's termed 'illegal'... which I highly doubt it ever will be... it's no one else's business but mine and my family's. You can't stand hearing that little boys aren't traumatized by this, a...
  5. The Circumcision Discussion

    I am so tired of people getting on their soapboxes and preaching to us parents that choose to circ. So tired of it. My 3 year old son was circ'd with a plasti bell, didn't cry, and has had no ill effects from it whatsoever. Everything is fine. I d...
  6. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    I work in a Level II Trauma ICU. We get the occasional brain dead patient on a vent secondary to an accidental trauma, heart attack, or some other event leading to that person's brain death. In determining brain death there are very, very specific cr...
  7. Hello there, fellow ICU nurses. I have the opportunity to sit in on New Grad interviews with our unit's management. I've not ever interviewed before and am curious what you all would ask a New Grad who is interested in starting in the ICU immediatel...
  8. 1st try - ADN program.
  9. What year did you graduate? 2001 What was your first job out of nursing school? Circulating RN in Surgery How long did you stay there? 1 year in surgery- ***but I've stayed at the same facility for the entire 6 years.**** Why did you leave? I haven'...
  10. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    IMO she is way out of line. I don't care how long she's worked at that facility, the simple fact is - she's NOT a nurse. I suggest you write up the incident and speak with your unit manager about it. Good Luck.
  11. Blood Transfusions: How fast do you go?

    I work in ICU, so we do things a little out of the ordinary during critical situations sometimes. A couple weeks ago I had a patient with GI bleed transferred to me from the floor with a HGB of 4. Yep... it was rechecked and the HGB was indeed 4. ...
  12. *sigh* Those of you that think my comments are callous and/or don't understand how quickly decisions need to be made in a situation like this OBVIOUSLY have spent no time in an Intensive Care Unit. PLEASE research DIC (disseminated intravascular coa...
  13. stinking of cigarette smoke

    It's not even remotely comprable to slavery as you have a CHOICE in working for that hospital/company or not. If you don't want to abide by the company policies, then go elsewhere.
  14. We all know the media doesn't always get the story straight. It's highly possible this woman HAS been told the story but just doesn't have the capacity to understand it.
  15. We actually had a woman in our ICU that gave birth less than a week before arriving in our unit SEPTIC with the same bacteria. Within hours of her arrival, she was rushed to surgery for an emergent hysterectomy. She ended up a double amputee herself...